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Christ Is Our Life
Commentators emphasize that calling Christ "our life" is more than a metaphor. He is the source, sustainer, and very essence of a believer's spiritual and eternal life. Your true life is currently safe and secure because it is bound up in Him.
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Colossians
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Albert Barnes
On Colossians 3:4
18th Century
Theologian
When Christ, who is our life. See Barnes on John 1:4; see Barnes on John 11:25.
Shall appear. In the day when he shall com…
AT Robertson
On Colossians 3:4
When Christ shall be manifested (οταν ο Χριστος φανερωθη). Indefinite temporal clause with οταν and the first aorist passive subju…
Charles Ellicott
On Colossians 3:4
19th Century
Bishop
When Christ . . . shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.—This describes the last stage of the spiritu…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Colossians 3:4
19th Century
Preacher
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
You are hidden now; your life is veiled in…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Colossians 3:4
Another motivation to seeking and setting the mind on the things above is the prospect of the believer’s future manifestation with Christ in glory.…
John Calvin
On Colossians 3:4
16th Century
Theologian
But when Christ, our life, shall appear. Here we have an excellent consolation—that the coming of Christ will be the manifestation of our …
John Gill
On Colossians 3:4
17th Century
Pastor
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear
The Vulgate Latin version, and some copies, read, "your life". Christ is …
Matthew Henry
On Colossians 3:1–4
17th Century
Minister
As Christians are freed from the ceremonial law, they must walk more closely with God in gospel obedience. As heaven and earth are contrary to each…